Mac Studio Review: Double Trouble!

This M1 Ultra machine is incredible, but I'm not switching YET
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Review spec: M1 Ultra, 128GB, 2TB, 64-core
0:00 Intro
1:52 The Design/Ports
4:00 Modular?
6:00 Benchmarks
8:06 Real World Performance
11:45 Incredible Packaging
12:35 You Probably Don't Need One
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Computer provided by Apple for review.
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[@OwenRozeboom]

Looks like that robot arm came in handy for some INSANE shots! This looks incredible!

[@saikoro8620]

agreed. marques shots always are sick

[@smol.miniatures]

Looks awesome but could’ve removed the fingerprints before filming.

[@affectedrl5327]

Looks like a 3D Render, impressive

[@R3dL1ght5]

@@affectedrl5327 came here to say that!

[@DunkOnDunks]

Factz! That intro was hard!

[@pittalmighty]

I love this line "Just ‘cause it’s fast, if you’re bad at editing and you get this machine, you’ll still be bad at editing but just faster" 😂😂

[@ZackCase]

Lol I'm going to bet a lot of people had to hear that

[@Redrumm]

Yeah I liked the video at this point

[@usimaqubela]

This was the video highlight for me😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kepano]

but the faster you can see your mistakes, the faster you can get better!

[@wolfgang5496]

Where’s the time stamp?

[@King.Ambrose]

The first thing I noticed was how seamlessly it fit underneath the desk but seeing you push it in there was so aesthetic and spot on man.

[@rubengotz9758]

I love the choise of music for the intros. Love your intros!

[@JLJupiterTV]

Apple can give us some of the fastest computers with amazing designs but can’t let me use final cut on my iPad Pro.

[@inquiryincsdaily3465]

Scam

[@gudetamaenthusiast8315]

i think it’s bc if they do, then there would be significantly less sales of the Macbooks. there’s only so much they can do for iPads which wouldn’t affect the “necessity” of having a Macbook.

[@tonyburzio4107]

Or it could be they need to get all the iPads running on the M series so they can use macOS.

[@andreylucass]

What's a computer?

[@pearborn.6066]

because apple wants your money

[@humphrey]

The shots in this video + the thumbnail are insane 🔥

[@dvngnt]

views

[@rammithorn2654]

@@dvngnt likes

[@joshentertainment2]

Are you half Chinese ?

[@jadenanjara]

The shots fired to people compensating their skill with hardware as well. Really thought this would be a Skillshare segue

[@plafayette]

Drake 6 🙏🏿 Views album thumbnail homage is legendary! Too Good 😂! 🔥🔥🔥

[@doylestownhuskies9624]

It's possible the Studio gets hot under load and throttles down on heavy computing tasks like exporting the video due to the small inclosure compared to the Mac Pro. And Yeah, Apples packaging is insane. Just go the new iMac 24 and still blown away by the box of all things. Excellent review. I always enjoy watching your channel.

[@shawnweed265]

Your review of this was brilliant. Easy to understand the pros and cons. Thanks. I subscribed.

[@JL-ef7bh]

I wanna point out that although MKBHD says that the RTX3090 is meant for games, although it is marketed to be a gaming graphics card, it’s actual intended capability is for both 3D rendering and gaming. I know many people who deal with 3D art or 3D modeling use RTX3090s or 3080s to do their work and at the same time run the games that they’re working on.

[@notBaf0]

Exactly this. RTX 3090 is more efficient and performs way faster than the "server grade" cards for GPU rendering. Games don't even utilize NVLink and the 24GB of VRAM the card offers.

[@andyb9664]

One of my friends designs houses, he loves the 3090's power :) Autocad and the likes run smooooth.

[@NotCerius]

Exactly, it's the best card that you can buy for GPU rendering that's not a Quadro. Octane LOVES my 3090.

[@notBaf0]

@@magnotec. Rendering isn't always about VRAM. If you check the latest Octanebench, 3090 & 3080ti are topping the charts in terms of render speed. The closest thing is the A6000 which costs way more than the two (at MSRP).

[@JL-ef7bh]

@@magnotec. it’s still the best bang for buck card that has 24GB VRAM compared to the Quaddro cards.

[@Justin.Franks]

MaxTech did a teardown, and the screws to access the internals are underneath the rubber ring on the bottom. There are of course a lot more screws and connectors to really get into it. But the SSD isn't soldered, and there are actually two SSD slots. I assume that the larger storage options (4 TB and 8 TB) use both, but the 1 TB machine he disassembled only uses one of the SSD slots. They're not standard NVMe slots, but OWC will probably offer upgrades at some point.

[@Q_QQ_Q]

Link ?

[@josepedrocarmo5885]

Thanks for the hint! I watched that video and I got to say that it looks like Hell to do a simple thermal compound replacement or to clean those fans and fins.

[@TheKontraRecords]

Link?

[@impresd1060]

Even if this is true there's literally no way Apple would allow their users to take apart their products without voiding the warranty

[@EVPaddy]

@@josepedrocarmo5885 and do you need to? My iMac is 13 years and does fine without

[@precious.xoxo__]

The way it slid perfectly under the monitor desk stand thing is soooo satisfying

[@suship00h]

Love the major shoutout to Malaysia in the edit renders! Hope you have had the chance to really enjoy the country! Great content as always!

[@PaulDavids]

"If you're bad at editing and you get this machine, you'll still be bad at editing but just faster." So should I buy it then?

[@NinjaGasher13]

Naw, love your editing😂. Good to see you here!

[@theunkownmr.562]

Yes, you can always improve your editing skills, and with a computer like this you'll have one less thing to complain about.

[@HassansTravel]

Im DEAD ☠️☠️😂🤣🤣🤣

[@lawrenceandrews4367]

Lmao hahaha

[@Balian1193]

The more iterations, the better you will get at editing.... YES.

[@SpawnPoiint]

The fact it fits under that shelf so perfectly 🥵

[@Gamer-vs3xl]

Ikr so aesthetically pleasing 😩

[@saikoro8620]

love it haha

[@Frenzone]

R/perfectfit

[@damonomstead4765]

Any link to this shelf? Would love to get one

[@davejnr11]

Spawnpoiint in the building. Love your vids

[@tetaball9210]

I absolutely love how you edit your videos, gives such a sophisticated aura

[@eliwhitehead-zimmers7296]

incredible video, good review! Also, loved the sustainability segment, super interesting!

[@iliasiosifidis4532]

3090 is not exclusively for gaming, it is a quadro replacement. That means that it is for Rendering, by being the best for gaming at the same time. That's the reason that it has 24 GB of VRAM

[@Sponch1]

It's basically where the Titan cards used to be. Nvidias highest end GPU, for Enthusiasts/ professionals, who don't need special Quadro features. Really not for gaming, especially with it's 24gbs of VRAM.

[@theunkownmr.562]

Yeah, exactly my thought too. How short sighted of Marcus. It's like he's defending Apple 🍎

[@TalesOfWar]

It really isn't a replacement for the Quadro. It's a low tier budget workstation card at best like the Titan was. A Quadro will still be better if for no other reason than the ECC memory and massively optimised studio drivers.

[@Sponch1]

@@theunkownmr.562 I wouldn't say he's "defending" Apple, he just really doesn't know much about gaming. I tend to dismiss anything he says related to gaming, I'm pretty sure the only game he plays is FIFA.

[@anthonyblend9917]

Of course, but think about the price. It‘s 2000$ only for the 3090. And now look what you get with the Studio machine.

[@fatherWolt]

the amount of leaps Apple has been able to make within a single "generation" of chip is REALLY impressive. I'm very excited to see how their chips improve in the future, and maybe one day in the future I'll make the full switch to MacOS.

[@cthulhuiabs]

@@tatsukialmologist srsly? capitalisation?

[@liamsz]

@@cthulhuiabs woooosh

[@cameronbosch1213]

If macOS still had Boot Camp support on Apple Silicon, I’d switch. Sadly, I don’t like macOS.

[@arashk1849]

Just like any other company and also their mobile chips division they won’t be making massive leaps anymore after this generation just to keep the yearly upgrades consistent.

[@heliumfreak5364]

Hmmm.. Is it a new generation though? It is quite literally 2 of the other M1 chips just stuck together.

[@JagaSantagostino]

Haven’t seen a video of yours for quite some time, forgot how beautiful they are. Kudos 👏

[@nicolasmontiel8075]

I love watching ads for your vids cause of the work you put into your work. You are another Guru in the video space

[@charlieb7728]

The fact that this $4000 computer is even being COMPARED AT ALL or MATCHING the $25000 Mac Pro of a few years ago is just insanity I don't think people are really taking that in enough

[@johnbuscher]

Mostly because that Mac Pro was overpriced as you can get. Linux was building a Hackintosh faster for far less money.

[@cyjan3k823]

@@johnbuscher Didnt this hackintosh build took almost a year or over a year to get done because there were a lot of problems and it still only worked with specific hardware?

[@WestCoastAce27]

Agree. Apple should be kicking themselves for not bringing chip making in-house yrs ago - they’ve had the cash.

[@HydrasHead]

Well the Xeons Apple used were kind of obsolete back then already and easily beaten by their AMD counterparts.

[@tudalex]

@@WestCoastAce27 their chips were behind intel & amd at that time. Only recently they could catch up because of intel’s stagnation at the top of the market

[@ChrisSh1984]

Great review (as always) although I think it’s wrong to dismiss the 3090 as purely being for gaming. There’s a reason Apple made that comparison and had people from Redshift, Maxon and Adobe at the event. The 3090 is the best GPU for motion design and 3D GPU rendering.

[@AGuy-vq9qp]

And quadro cards are meant for video editing, as well as extra heavy//power limited rendering.

[@I_THE_ME]

On top of that I seriously doubt the M1 Max stands a chance when it comes to heavy AI driven work such as protein modeling etc.

[@JimGames11746]

From what I could gather the 3090 is more of a card for people that want to do both heavy workloads and game on the same card, since it's the only 30 series card still supporting SLI, which no longer has any application in gaming. It's really just a rebrand of the older Titan cards, which were meant for the same thing.

[@michaelthomson5125]

​@@I_THE_ME That's because the software isn't optimised for the Mac. Pointless to even worry about hardware at that point.

[@kettenotter]

Yes I had to disagree with that statement too, game developer and 3D artist would like a real gpu. And in camera VFX with Unreal engine (like you can see in the mandalorian) needs the gpu power too.

[@Viviko]

Thanks. Was thinking of upgrading to this as I do a lot of Dev work. And my Max Mini struggles to run all my dev tools.

[@Christopher-today]

I’ll give apple props for sustainability when they let us upgrade the damn machines. Still an incredible tool, the energy specs are also great but come on… without the ability to upgrade the device over time there’s a ton of eventual e-waste there.

[@edgarwalk5637]

If something goes wrong... Everything is glued together!

[@Christopher-today]

@@edgarwalk5637 you're right, it's absolutely nuts. I get they need to integrate everything to keep it small but completely locking everyone out and even going so far as using glue so it's obvious if you try to fix it yourself is just wrong. While I love the size I'd take a bit bigger footprint with the ability to upgrade any day and I'm betting all but the hardest core, "apple can do no wrong" fans would agree.

[@morfelod]

Question might be, is upgrading a real factor, like how many upgradeable pcs actually do get upgrades? I would bet its less than 1%

[@ThatLaloBoy]

@@morfelod it is definitely more than 1%. The second hand market thrives on PCs being upgradable. For example, an old Dell Optiplex that was only equipped with 8 GB of RAM could be upgraded with an additional stick of RAM and a GPU to make a decent gaming PC. Apple also used to let you upgrade by having normal Philips screws and standard parts, meaning you could upgrade down the line if you needed more RAM or need to replace the battery. That would potentially extend the life of the laptop. With how frequent some companies upgrade their systems, I’d rather have someone repurpose the machine rather than just throwing it in a landfill.

[@choahjinhuay]

@@morfelod my entire pc is built off of Facebook market second hand parts. Running a 7 year old graphics card and I’m still able to play modern titles.

[@Nothing-qs4gj]

The editing skill is increasing a bit by bit every single video. MKHBD is seriously killing it with the video quality.

[@Wanted797]

He probably hasn’t edited his videos for years.

[@Trippyisop]

He has an editing team, he does not edit videos anymore

[@userx-inactive8]

@@Trippyisop No. Just team. He explicitly says he edits the videos.

[@markshiman5690]

@@antonemceish1006 sure he does lol

[@quitram]

@@antonemceish1006 Dude, he has a bunch of video editors in his team. Soooo, are you saying that he pays their wages just so he edit his own videos?

[@wisdomtedeku6415]

I saw a picture on twitter where someone opened the studio. It was really insane. The specs for this machine is really dope

[@videoartduo]

One thing I would be very interested to see is how much better the Mac studio handles AI upscale via Topaz. Since they are adding to the neural engine I wonder how much of a performance boost that actually translates to.

[@FlyDutchGuy]

top notch video work during the intro

[@anna.tnguyen]

I’m always so hyped for your intros 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 and double M1 Max chips is WILD 🤯🤯

[@BrianJacobson]

The efficiency thing is no joke. Switching to an M1 Mac Mini from my Windows desktop not only made a noticeable impact on my power bill alone, the heat generation is making another positive impact because I have to air condition my office less.

[@ddha0000]

yeah but you have to use macOS with is garbage

[@BrianJacobson]

@@ddha0000 MacOS is way better than Windows.

[@BrianJacobson]

@@ddha0000 especially Windows 11

[@ddha0000]

@@BrianJacobson lol

[@crazybeatrice4555]

@@nevergonnagiveyouup4189 I wish linux had better gaming support for anticheat software, cause I'd be using it currently.

[@bakhtiyor_sulaymonov]

Your content is getting better and better. Incredible 👍

[@abhishek72554]

@mkbhd Love your videos, authentic, not nerdy, really liked the smooth transition at the start of video, Q content

[@Jonathan-zq8vs]

3090 build referred to in the presentation walks the M1 Ultra in many real world tests. I recommend those reviews for anyone more curious about the benchmarks Apple chose to market.

[@Tom_Stevens617]

Ig what they were saying is that at equal performance levels, the M1U consumes way less power compared to a 3090

[@mopsnuf]

Peak MKBHD review. Great work! So clean, so smooth, so clear, utterly professional yet accessible. This is exactly what I subbed for years ago and the team still consistently overdelivers. ❤️

[@asper8164]

at the End i was like : wohoho damn this was such a good video. Like Peak. I was honestly really impressed. Jeez.

[@macosbyanthony896]

Your lectures are never boring

[@typicalyoutube7114]

preach!

[@stellababy1998]

Great video. Your words are so concise and to the point. Excellent reviewer.

[@fauxti]

Mate, you're amazing. After years and years of product reviews, I keep watching your videos. They make me happy, informed and love all the narrative you build around them. Keep at it! Love from Scotland :)

[@jbrockleburst98]

Definitely seems impressive! But not having HDMI 2.1 seems strange.

[@user-np7kr4wx7g]

That seems to be the case with all the M1 devices

[@turkialshamary6230]

@@djstuc that is not what Consoles and most TV manufacturers

[@tpain525]

I think it's because thats where the bandwith maxes out. if they would have added 2.1 it would have been too much.

[@FernandoAES]

I suppose Apple used all lanes for thunderbolt instead of losing a thunderbolt for better HDMI. You can use a usb-c to HDMI cable, you know.

[@theunkownmr.562]

Unless you're going to hook this computer up to an Oled TV, there's zero point to HDMI.

[@eugeneteh4052]

0:38 marques editing a clip showing the Malaysian skyline because the Mac Studio is made in Malaysia nice

[@meenakshi_1126]

Woah nice

[@DaleBoyce2012]

Great review! Thanks for all the hard work that went into this.

[@FAB1150]

Side note, the 3090 is not really meant for gaming, as it's a "replacement" of the Titan. It's a studio card, for 3D modeling or animation, that can also be used for gaming!

[@TimSheehan]

It's absolutely meant for gaming, it's for the people have the money to burn and want the very best gaming PC. It's officially not a Titan replacement because there are no Pro drivers available for it and there are software limitations on its compute features. It to some extent does dual duty as a workstation card for some workloads but there is a reason it's branded the same as the rest of the 3000 series, which can also be used in workstations.

[@Krannski]

@@TimSheehan The 3080 is a gaming card. The 3090, with its absolutely overkill 24GBs of VRAM and only marginally improved compute power, is definitely a content creation GPU.

[@TimSheehan]

@@Krannski no it's absolutely a gaming card in terms of how it's clocked and how it's marketed. The A series (formerly Quadro) are for professional work, they have a tonne of ram and are clocked within the efficiency window.

[@davidhoang3618]

I’m not even gonna lie I’m not even interested in this Mac and have no intention of buying it but it’s just so satisfying to watch MKBHD videos, the production quality, the editing and the aesthetics make me stay

[@mikaxms]

That’s most of us here. Welcome to the club.

[@adawg3032]

I’m a big apple nerd it’s been working out great lately apple is on top of their game

[@aaryamangupta]

Mac Studio is really not bang for the buck. I have seen windows machines that are 2x the speed for the same price! I also doubt the cooling in this is any good...

[@AVS.SOLUTIONS]

@@aaryamangupta what u talking about windows is not even a pitch of salt in performance at this price point

[@idahofallsmagazine3691]

Yeah I just subbed for that reason

[@jimmysampson576]

This is incredible! Thank you for making great quality content.

[@windmaomao]

I really like the conclusion, thanks man.

[@DiscoMan]

Apple silicon is very interesting and obviously becoming serious competition for the x86 platform, but until the compatibility issues with many workflows are resolved, especially like some specific engineering workflows designed for x86 Linux or x86 Windows only, these impressive machines will not be compelling enough to make the transition. I hope Apple addresses these issues soon.

[@yaadmangaming]

I was waiting on them to release news about a new IMAC PRO. But I’m not going to lie, I am really leaning towards getting the Mac Studio with M1 Ultra chip instead . Tired of waiting & this seems like everything I need for years to come.

[@whatif..._]

Hi! verified person

[@naijainnit]

Think about portability.

[@TTKChristo]

For most work flows this will be more than enough, and for either half or literally 1/5th (20%) of the price.

[@TalesOfWar]

We were never going to get a new iMac Pro. They announced at the time this was a one off as a stop gap between the old trash can Mac Pro and the new modular one. I'm kind of dissapointed we didn't get a straight up repalcement for the 27" iMac though. The guts of this in the new Studio Display body would be killer.

[@TechOutAdam]

@@TalesOfWar They said at the end of the presentation that they have one more product to implement Apple silicon with, the Mac Pro. They said that clearly at the end of the event. The M1 series is completed however. So the next product will be specifically for the Mac Pro rendition.

[@JonHarriman]

Since this is so unique, I'd love to see someone go to each of these different 'studios' and test it out for their workflows. You don't see a lot of reviews talking about how well this works for architects/engineers using archicad/revit for example. That's probably too much to expect though! I'm looking at getting my own professional setup at home since more places are accepting wfh and I feel like this could be a new aspect to the 'consumer' market.

[@sarveshkekatpure5500]

Not sure if Revit is compatible with M1 chip. There was a work around where you could make it work on intel based macs. Please do let me know too if you find a way to make Revit work with m1 macs...

[@nascentnaga]

REVIT doesn't work on mac?

[@TymaDem]

@@nascentnaga no, only “light” LT version and only works under bootcamp, shame

[@TymaDem]

Without Revit it’s not really suited for architects, otherwise very nice machine

[@JonHarriman]

My bad, I threw Revit in there without realising it's not on macs at all. I've been in archicad land for a long time on PC and Mac in different offices.

[@tomcourtney3153]

Very good and informative review as always, thank you

[@Ryan-bv7hb]

It’s always nice to see your reviews anytime of the day…..

[@naeem1089]

Pump for the full review. Beautiful intro as always.

[@Johnny2Feathers]

@Don't read my profile photo Why not ????

[@MrAshwijshenoy]

I come from an era of computers where power users like me had an Athlon 1.1MHz with 256Mb RAM and a 20Gb 7200 HDD. The Graphic card of choice was a Savage 3D 32Mb or Riva TNT2. This entire generation of machines is impressive to me, even my humble 3.0Gz octacore Android with 6Gb RAM and 126Gb storage seems like 10 generations newer. I can only imagine the heat the X64 line up is feeling now, and when the apps become 'native' rather than Rosetta 2.0 based, its gonna be a headshot.

[@danielkenney7768]

I remember getting a riva tnt2 for quake 3 arena

[@infjcafe]

@@danielkenney7768 I remember the voodoo banshee, the first stand-alone video card made by 3DFX. I remember using it for quake 3 as well. :) Things have come a long way indeed.

[@mendistudio]

@@infjcafe haha me too, also with Quake III. The downer was I still had a really slow modem so online gaming wasn’t on the table

[@davidcobra1735]

Not to be a tech nerd here but the video cards you named are late 90's models and Athlons are early to mid 2000's CPUs. Those components weren't even produced concurrently, I'm pretty sure they were launched at least 5 years apart. And a 20gb HDD is a small consumer drive from 2000/2001. Interesting choice of components for a power user computer if you ask me. And your "humble" (actually pretty high end) Android phone is literally more than 10 generations of silicone newer than even the Athlon...

[@mrbagitos]

I was using Amiga’s and then moved up to Pentium 3dfx Voodoo PC’s. I reassembled a Pentium 2 Voodoo 3 PC a year or so ago, installing it into a new case with a new power supply. It runs like a dream on all those old classic 3dfx games.

[@jackpmeadows]

Excellent, well rounded review. Thanks.

[@mimisheean6648]

Thanks for explaining so well!

[@eriknielsen1231]

Oh my gosh, this is probably the best MKBHD video I've ever seen. So well edited, such great shots, and a great review overall. Great job, keep it up!

[@ctormin]

Dude, you're such a great storyteller, your reviews can't stop getting better. Nice work!

[@ccarazay]

One of his influencers he interviewed said “be a great storyteller”. #24

[@AdhiNarayananYR]

I don’t know. Still i feel dave2d does a better job. His reviews have more points to take away from a shorter duration

[@khalilthebest7005]

Good luck on the new season of your season

[@michaelclover9186]

Great review, I appreciate your insight.

[@sebastianrodman5603]

Always appreciate the content on the macs over the years, thanks!

[@WarriorsPhoto]

I enjoyed where you discussed “TOOLS”. Yes these machines are tools and knowing how to use them well is where we’ll see our greatest gains. Thank you sir.

[@pinballinvasion]

I'm actually getting this because I will return to work in a hybrid capacity. (4 days home - 1 day at work) - I could get the macbook pro but feel this packs more punch and fits in a backpack. I will just have to plug 4 cables when I want to move it around.

[@omkardeo]

great video...certainly helps me decide that this product is not for a casual user. ....will wait for a new compact Mac mini!

[@kiritiyeluru]

@12:54 "If you're bad at editing and you get this machine, you'll still be bad at editing, but just faster" aww shucks,there's always a catch

[@blaklytstudios]

The way Apple made their presentation made me wonder “are they claiming Mac studio outperforms every other computer?”. Thanks for painting the full picture Marques.

[@ettavictor4804]

7:17 Thanks a lot for this clarification. To quote a comment on a video I saw about this: "It's like saying your Prius at 100% charge is faster than a Lamborghini in 2nd gear". It's technically true, but it is also absurd.

[@fishbarbeque8540]

The entro involving the camera robot was just breathtaking! great videos man.

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[@Tre4Townsend]

Hey this was an incredibly well put together review!

[@chrisdaino6248]

Seriously, you all take video quality to the next level. Love your stuff!!

[@english.ricardo]

Awesome video dude. As always. You are really talented.

[@TraumaTeamRacing]

Excellent review. Thank you very much👌🏻

[@Boodoo4You]

We’re really gonna need a “best of intro” series, and how they were made, or what inspired you. They’re becoming a larger feature of your videos IMO.

[@furykillerBZ]

Regarding the sustainability element, what is the expected useful lifespan of one of these machines, and how does the fact that it cannot be upgraded or modified (in a way that other products can that extend their lifespan) impact the sustainability element?

[@WarrenWeekly]

I actually think it makes it better. As long as these parts are as reliable as they always have been from Apple (my mom has a 2007 and 2009 iMac she still uses every day without issues), then the reliability aspect of full integration trumps having less reliability and having to throw out and change parts over the course of that 14-16 years. Not to mention: I don’t think almost anyone uses an entire computer that’s 16 years old. For the vast majority of consumers, I’d say this level of reliability is way way way more positively impactful on sustainability than a PC that maybe gets used for 7-10 years max, upgrading and throwing out old parts along the way. (And using more energy) Just my thoughts, I don’t actually know anything :)

[@Deliveredmean42]

@@WarrenWeekly And it sure shows. It still going to be E-waste if you get a defective device or the "accidents" you may encounter with it.

[@WarrenWeekly]

@@Deliveredmean42 I feel like that’s what a refurbished product is. It’s not like a damaged device is often thrown out, it’s usually still sold to someone who ends up refurbishing them. (Even these sorts of machines, apple refurbishes them and certified repair places will as well.) The “and it sure shows” comment was pretty rude

[@bishalbiswas6048]

@@WarrenWeekly thanks for information

[@neolordie]

@@WarrenWeekly I mean, I don't know about reliability lol, they had laptop keyboard that would randomly break, and they kept the design for multiple years despite knowing the flaws,

[@coffeetime1001]

I like his honest and down to earth review. I love his style. Subscribed.

[@zamorwilens2773]

My favorite intro yet 🙌🏽

[@ReviewsPK]

Question: What were you doing to your hoodie with that mask @ 9:36 ? Moire reduction? Killer review by the way. I am definitely getting that M1 Ultra.

[@mkbhd]

Yes (with unsharpening) and tuning down the color a little bit

[@truthseeker6804]

@@mkbhd cool response, btw i heard the m1 ultra suffers when you apply video noise reduction as compared to other systems.

[@Itz_a_me_mario]

@@truthseeker6804 Really?

[@truthseeker6804]

@@Itz_a_me_mario yes i saw that on reddit, not sure how true it is. but id like to see some tests by youtubers.

[@Itz_a_me_mario]

@@truthseeker6804 yeah, but apple computers are pretty awesome. But their iphones are so costly which makes it almost useless comparing it to the Samsung's phone

[@junnyben1514]

Damn! just the quality of your studios production is insane. Thank you so much to you and your teem for consistently producing this wonderful content.

[@RantingGreekGamer]

*Started watching your content for a month now and i love your informative reviews and your over the top video editing. Keep rocking brother. Lots of love from Greece!*

[@flysherin]

Loved the video. I’m shifting to a new company and have ordered the M1 Ultra as my machine. Excited to put my hands on it. Thanks for the informative video as always bro.

[@Nanomaroni]

12:54 „If you’re bad at editing and you get this machine, you‘ll still be bad at editing but just faster!“ My new favorite Quote of all time!

[@rubalverma5412]

I have Mac mini and I am very happy with it. But as you mentioned it is 100% true that skills is what matters the most. Tools is tool at the end of the day.

[@a_thul_]

I always come back to this video just for the intro 😮😮

[@miroslavhoudek7085]

This really reminds me of SGI back in the day. Silicon Graphics were these beatiful computers, great design and powerful too - but most people had zero use for it. Back then, I was thinking about getting into 3D graphics - just to work with something this beatiful and outlandish. I'm too old to start a video editing studio now to have a nice aluminum box :-) My Ryzen with Nvidia GPU is pretty much equal to this and when I'm done with my workstation, kids gonna get it for games or it's gonna be my new home server.

[@360icon]

I remember seeing SG exhibit at a tradeshow back in the 90s- i think it was a onyx they had on display fir a few 100 grands

[@dannywinget]

Whew that intro!!

[@WalrusRiderCycling]

Max jus5 did a tear down. Looks like you can upgrade or add extra capacity in the SSD department

[@tonyburzio4107]

Unfortunately, no, the security chip stops you from doing an upgrade. It is likely we can replace an SSD at Apple, which is better than nothing.

[@bodiminds6571]

@@tonyburzio4107 just connect it as an external SSD from the out and then shove the sad connected to the port inside the Mac studio Provided you do some drilling and re routing Or if you don't care about aesthetics just freaking tape it to the Mac studio

[@ZybYt]

@@bodiminds6571 but you’ll always have to eject it before you shut down your Mac. Also, the external SSDs do not have a very fast transfer speeds compared to the internal SSDs and with Internal, you don’t even have to eject it before you shut down and it also connects directly to the motherboard.

[@bodiminds6571]

@@ZybYt agreed

[@mbvglider]

@@ZybYt You don't have to eject SSDs before you shutdown your Mac. Dismounting the external SSD happens part of the shutdown process. That said, they do tend to have faster speeds, that much is true, but Thunderbolt enclosures can get very close.

[@swankyview]

I just got the M2 MAX Mac Studio and it's a beast! The M1 Ultra is more than enough as the Mac Studio is overkill for most users. It's a godsend for video editors though! You can also watch 8K KZbin videos with no issues. My laptop with an RTX 3070 struggled with 8K vids. Made a tech review of it as well but someday I hope to reach your level. Keep up the awesome videos Marques!

[@MasiKarimi]

Really appreciate the info!

[@PokeBowl82]

Never commented on your viddy's but I really love em. The Mac Studio is def overkill for me as a web developer. But your channel is the perfect way for me stay updated on tech tools. Thanks!

[@JonathanAyers]

If you ever read this, I'm trying to break into that career field; would appreciate any real world advice :)

[@MegaLokopo]

I wouldn't call a computer you can't upgrade at all sustainable, recycled once means nothing if it won't get reused or recycled again.

[@TalesOfWar]

Isn't upgrading technically less sustainable given you're throwing part of it away? These will last for years, and trust me, the places people will buy these in bulk NEVER upgrade their systems. Ever. They're specced for a task and replaced outright when they no longer manage to perform said task. Lots of them are also bought on lease and replaced on a 3-5 year cycle. Upgrading is also often considered a waste of IT's time given how long it can take to do it on multiple systems when they could be doing something else. I don't even upgrade my PC's other than maybe a new GPU (when they're not crazy expensive). Usually by the time I need to upgrade something the whole platform needs replacing anyway so it's essentially a replacement anyway. The PSU and case may get reused.

[@MegaLokopo]

@@TalesOfWar When I upgrade my computer I sell the parts I don't need. Even if you do throw it away throwing away just your old gpu is more sustainable than throwing away your entire system.

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

@@TalesOfWar no

[@lotmo5295]

@@TalesOfWar I'm sorry but what? Throwing away 1 part does not equal throwing away a whole pc. Electronics fail, simple as that. And when it does you either get it repaired or do the apple thing and sell the consumer a new one. It would be nice if the machine is reused but what if the failure was just a drive? How bout a gpu? If you replace that 1 single part thats 1 less cpu, ram, psu, case, mb etc in the landfill, or at the least increasing the longevity of that pc.

[@michebre]

Great review thanks so much.

[@fieldtripfilms293]

I'm so excited for this! I want to make more videos on the m1

[@NicoIsntHere]

*EDIT* Anyone talking about the *Mac Pro* PLEASE work on your reading comprehension, this comment was to highlight the *MAC STUDIO* (As this is a video about a Mac Studio) *NOT* the Mac Pro which is blatantly poor value for the money... indicating Apple is moving towards actually providing value in its products which they historically haven’t been (pre-M1). I think the take away here is it nearly performs as good as an intel Mac Pro fully spec’d for tens of thousands of dollars less. A fully spec’d Mac Pro is exceeding $60kCAD, SIXTY THOUSAND… So people saying this is over priced haven’t seen that an equivalent Intel CPU *alone* costs as much if not more than the entire Mac Studio. Very cool to see what Arm can do when really optimized, X86 has some work cut out for it at this rate.

[@theunkownmr.562]

The fully spec'd out Mac Pro is the biggest ripoff on the computer market. I could build a balls to the wall Threadripper PC with dual 3090's and still have money left over while crushing the Mac Pro.

[@NicoIsntHere]

@@theunkownmr.562 not when it comes to Video production, 3090’s are GREAT for gaming but these machines are made for content creation. You’d want something along RTX Quadro cards to be on par and you’d be spending a lot more than the Mac Studio (fully spec’d) at that point still. I am not in any shape or form claiming the Mac Pro was “good value”, Apple never has been BUT in this case for what it is the Mac Studio stomps anything else dollar for dollar WITH CONTENT CREATION. Be it a windows machine or MacOS. On top of that you’re not comparing apples to apples bringing Threadripper into account which on its own smashes Xeon’s price to performance wise.

[@theunkownmr.562]

@@NicoIsntHere a quadro 8000 would wipe the floor with the AMD GPU that's in the Mac Pro.

[@NicoIsntHere]

@@theunkownmr.562 ok? What’s your point, the *Mac Studio* provides insane value for the workload that cannot be replicated in a DIY HEDT platform on windows. If you want to argue about the Mac Pro being bad value I already agree… Seems like you’re arguing with yourself at this point 🙃

[@HispanicAt7heDisco]

@@NicoIsntHere This isn't accurate. The 3090 outperforms an RTX Quadro 8000 in most scenarios, at less than half the price. For anyone doing effect-heavy edits or motion-graphics, a 3090 should be more than enough. You could build a PC for editing that outperforms the fully specced Mac Studio for less than $4k, if you can manage to find the parts in stock. A windows machine with a Ryzen Threadripper 5950X, RTX 3090, and 128g RAM would handily beat Mac Studio in Adobe programs, for somewhere around $3k without including storage costs. And I'm saying this as someone who intends to get a Mac Studio.

[@gauravkhanna4366]

I genuinely thought the bad editing part was a segway to a sponsor spot like "skillshare" Crazy how that just happened!

[@fsthomson]

Fantastic review! Thank you!

[@XInfinity2024]

To everyone that reads this there was a youtuber that tore down the Mac Studio and there are 2 SSD spots on there and all the ports are modulus that can be unscrewed and replaced. To open the Studio the screws are under the black ring that is at the bottom.

[@eggsrsweet]

I have the baseline 14" M1 MacBook Pro w/ no upgrades to anything except 2GB of storage. And the more I use it, the more I wonder who possibly would need more power... like I feel like it would be overkill for 98% of people lol. I'm editing 4K video regularly on Premiere and have had zero issues so far.

[@sanaksanandan]

@David McGuigan haha. you are using it wrong.

[@azaryavids]

that intro🔥🔥🔥

[@hugodsa89]

Modularity isn't the same as upgradability or part replacement, what I got from it is that they meant "daisy-chainable" for the use-case of server rooms or render farms

[@antwaanhemisphere7956]

Appreciate the info fam … I gotta get me one … it’s gonna take some major saving … but gotta make it happen … the Mac Studio is on point .. peace ✅

[@LindiReacts]

Man! MKBHD never disappoints guys .🙌🏾🔥🔥

[@madebybela]

“You buy a 3090 for gaming” every tech reviewer forgets that 3D modelers and engineers exist.

[@gaeborg]

Not disagreeing with you, but gamers massively outnumber creators

[@MzaM]

@NaN yeah right, because there are not independent studios, freelancer 3d artist, designers and engineers in the world that could benefit with powerful gpu cards. This is just for gamers.

[@mrtwills]

@@gaeborg but the games… they need to get… created.

[@gaeborg]

@@mrtwills so?

[@TIEVR]

@NaN a rtx3090 is a series 3xxx version of the Titan cards, not the quadros. You talk a lot for someone who's really off target here. Its a hybrid top of the range video editing, 3d softarware , AutoCAD , modeling, photoshop, unreal engine 5 , maya, 3d max, all purpose + gaming card. That's why it has 24g of ram, no game needs more than 10gb of GPU ram. But creators do use it.

[@ShakaLakaMTB]

I just ordered the Studio with M1 Max. I am excited.

[@littleripper312]

Most people believe that getting better equipment raises your skills. Love that he points this out. Very few people would benefit using this.